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Rules of the ProCook Group plc

Performance Share Plan 2021

Adopted on 29 October 2021

Amended by resolution of the shareholders on [19 September 2023]

Expires on 29 October 2031

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CONTENTS

Rule

Page

1

INTERPRETATION

2

2

COMMITTEE MAY GRANT AWARDS

87

3

RESTRICTIONS ON THE GRANTING OF AWARDS

87

4

GRANT OF AWARDS

9

5

PERFORMANCE CONDITION

1110

6

DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT SHARES

1211

7

EXERCISE OF AWARDS

1312

8

CASH EQUIVALENT

1413

9

RESTRICTIONS UPON THE EXERCISE OF AWARDS AND LAPSE OF AWARDS

14

10

CESSATION OF EMPLOYMENT

1514

11

CHANGE IN CONTROL, LIQUIDATION AND DEMERGER

1615

12

ADJUSTMENT OF AWARDS

17

13

PRO-RATING OF AWARDS ON EARLY EXERCISE

1817

14

CLAWBACK AND MALUS

18

15

COSTS

2019

16

ADMINISTRATION

20

17

GENERAL

2120

18

AMENDMENTS TO THESE RULES

21

19

OVERSEAS EMPLOYEES

2221

20

DATA PROTECTION

22

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RULES

of the

PROCOOK GROUP PLC PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN 2021

1. INTERPRETATION In these Rules:

1.1 the following expressions have the following meanings unless inconsistent with the context:

"Admission Date"

the date that the Shares are admitted to the premium

listing segment of the Official List of the UK Financial

Conduct Authority and to trading on the Main Market of

the London Stock Exchange

"Adoption Date"

the date on which the Plan is adopted by a resolution

of the Board

"Award"

subject to Rule 88, a right to acquire Shares for nil

consideration granted to an Eligible Employee pursuant

to the Plan and for the time being subsisting (or, where

the context so requires, a right to acquire Shares so to

be granted)

"Award Certificate"

a certificate issued pursuant to Rule 4.44.4

"Award Date"

in respect of any Award, the date upon which that

Award is granted by the Company

"Award Holder"

a person holding an Award or, where the context so

requires, the legal personal representatives of such a

person and in the context of Rule 1414only, in

addition to the persons identified in the foregoing

provisions of this definition, a person who has at any

time held an Award

"Balancing Payment"

in respect of an Award, such amount as is determined

in accordance with Rules 14.414.4or 14.514.5

"Base Salary"

on the date in question, the basic annual salary of an

Eligible Employee under their contract of employment

with the Company or any Subsidiary excluding, for the

avoidance of doubt, any of the following:

(a)

any expenses, the provision of living

accommodation or any other form of

allowances or benefits;

(b)

benefits in kind;

(c)

bonuses;

(d)

share options and any other share incentive

award; and

(e)

employer's pension contributions

"Board"

the board of directors for the time being of the

Company or the directors present at a duly convened

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meeting of the directors or a duly appointed committee

of the board of directors at which a quorum is present

"Committee"

the remuneration committee of the Board

"Company"

ProCook Group plc (registered number 13679248)

"Control"

the meaning given to that term by section 995 of the

Income Tax Act 2007 and "Controlled" shall be

construed accordingly

"Dealing Day"

a day on which the London Stock Exchange is open for

the transaction of business

"Dividend Equivalent

in relation to any Award, the Shares notionally added

Shares"

to such Award pursuant to the provisions of Rule 66

"Early Exercise Trigger"

in respect of any Award, the first to occur of:

(a)

the Award Holder ceasing to be an Eligible

Employee in circumstances where, pursuant

to Rule 1010, the Award may be exercised

(or would be capable of being exercised but

for the application of Rule 10.1.110.1.1) in

a stated period of time after such cessation of

employment; or

(b)

an event referred to in Rules 11.211.2to

11.711.7inclusive by reference to which the

Award may be exercised (or would be capable

of being exercised but for the application of

Rule 11.1.111.1.1)

"Eligible Employee"

any individual who, at the relevant date, is an

employee (including an executive director) of any

company within the Group

"Employee Tax Liability"

all income tax and/or employee's national insurance

contributions or similar levies for which a company in

the Group (or any other person who, at the relevant

time, is the employer of the Eligible Employee) is

obliged to account to HMRC

"Excess Shares"

in respect of an Award to which Rule 14.314.3applies,

the number of Shares over which the Award would not

be, or would not have been, capable of exercise but for

the relevant circumstance, such number of Shares

being determined by the Committee in its absolute

discretion

"Executive Director"

any executive director of the Company from time to

time

"Exercise Period"

in respect of an Award:

(a)

the period commencing on the day

immediately after the Vesting Date in respect

of such Award (or if later the date on which

any conditions imposed pursuant to Rule 55

are satisfied) and ending on the day

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immediately before the tenth anniversary of

the Award Date; or

(b)

such shorter period as may be determined by

the Committee in its absolute discretion as at

the Award Date; or

(c)

if the Award Holder, having not previously

exercised the Award, shall be prevented from

so doing on the last day of the periods set out

above by virtue of Rule 9.19.1, the period

ending 21 days after the first day on which

the Award Holder is no longer so prevented

(but no later than the tenth anniversary of the

Award Date)

"Financial Year"

a financial year of the Company (as determined in

accordance with the provisions of section 390 of the

Companies Act 2006)

"General Offer"

a general offer to acquire the whole or part of the

issued ordinary share capital of the Company (or such

part of such capital as is not then owned by the offeror

or any company Controlled by the offeror and/or any

persons acting In Concert with the offeror) as a result

of which the offeror (or any such companies and/or

such persons) may gain Control of the Company

"Group"

the Company and all of the Subsidiaries for the time

being or, where the context so requires, any one or

more of them

"HMRC"

HM Revenue & Customs or where the context so

requires in relation to any Award Holder or Eligible

Employee who is subject to taxation in a jurisdiction

outside the United Kingdom, any other equivalent body

or fiscal authority competent to collect or impose taxes

in the relevant jurisdiction concerned

"Holding Period"

in respect of any Award, a period starting on the

Normal Vesting Date and ending on the second

anniversary of the Normal Vesting Date, or such other

period as the Committee may determine as at the

Award Date

"In Concert"

the meaning given to that term in The City Code on

Takeovers and Mergers as amended from time to time

"Issue or Reorganisation"

any capitalisation issue or rights issue (other than an

issue of shares pursuant to the exercise of an option

given to the shareholders of the Company to receive

shares in lieu of dividend) or open offer or any other

variation in the share capital of the Company including

(without limitation) any consolidation, sub-division or

reduction of capital of the Company

"ITEPA"

the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

"London Stock

London Stock Exchange plc or any successor body

Exchange"

thereto

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